- Child drinks less than normal amounts of fluid.
- Main Cause: Sore mouth or throat. After using this topic to check for dehydration, see MOUTH ULCERS
or see SORE THROAT.
Cause
- Common cause in infants: Blocked nose in bottle or breastfed infant (Reason: can't breathe while sucking) - See COLDS after using this topic.
- Nausea from viral stomach infection without vomiting.
- Difficulty breathing with bronchiolitis or croup.
- Complication: dehydration.
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If not, see these other symptoms
- If an infant, see COLDS
- After using this topic to check for dehydration, see MOUTH ULCERS
- After using this topic to check for dehydration, see SORE THROAT
- Age less than 12 weeks and breastfeeding, see BREASTFEEDING
- Age less than 12 weeks and formula feeding, see BOTTLEFEEDING
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